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First published in 1925, Instinct began in a graduate seminar, when the author attempted to apply McDougall's classification of instincts to the classification of criminals. The immediate result was the conviction that McDougall's instincts were habits. This work is the result of the author's investigations on the topic of instinct.

First published in 1927, this title represents an attempt at a more synthetic type of treatment of the field than had previously been given. The author felt that the time had arrived when "schools" of social psychology may properly be regarded as obsolete and the subject as a whole may be presented systematically.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Foreigners Like Things Looking Old and Dark, Not Shiny -- 2. Mimesis, Kinship, Gift, and Other Things That Bind Us in Love and Desire -- 3. "Why Can't You Study Respectable Women?" -- 4. Mimesis, Genre, Gender, and Sexuality in Middle East Tourism -- 5. Demimonde: Belly Dancers, Extramarital Affairs, and the Respectability of Women -- 6. Gift, Prostitute: Money and Intimacy -- 7. "Honor Killing": On Anthropological Writing in an International Political Economy of Representations -- 8. Kinship, Honor, and Shame -- 9. Love, Revolution, and Intimate Violence -- Epilogue. Fifteen Years Later -- Notes -- References -- Index

Every day, headlines emphasise the impact that technology has on the manipulation of life. We all want to live longer, healthier, happier lives. To live at all costs and maintain life at all costs has become a popular aim. This book examines those costs; it probes the consequences of putting one's faith in science. It explores the belief that with science comes certainty. The use and misuse of implants, transplants, cloning, genetic manipulation, health care resources, birth and death control are debated in terms of the complex scientific, economic and ethical issues involved. Contents: Fronti